Russia and the USSR 1905-1941
The signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
On the 3rd March 1918 the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and the Central Powers.
Overview of the shooting of the Romanov family
In the early hours of the 17th July 1918 the Russian Imperial Romanov family were shot dead in the basement of the Ipatiev House in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg.
Lenin shot in failed assassination attempt, 30th Aug 1918
On the 30th August 1918, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov – better known as Lenin – was the victim of a failed assassination plot.
The origins and activities of the Cheka under the Bolsheviks
On the 20th December 1917, the Russian Bolshevik secret police known as the Cheka was established.
The Foundation of the USSR, 1922
On the 30th December 1922, the USSR – the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – was founded.
Why was Trotsky expelled from the Communist Party in 1927?
Trotsky had been a key figure in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
